POLYNYA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A stretch of open water surrounded by ice (especially in Arctic seas)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("polynya" is a kind of...):

body of water; water (the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean))

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